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Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86386

A urine test that looks for a protein shed into the urine by bladder cancer cells. It helps in detecting bladder cancer and in checking whether it has returned after treatment, and is read alongside — not instead of — looking inside the bladder with a scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Test For A Bladder Cancer Marker cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$14.45 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$16.60 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $32Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25
$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0Kfacility $21professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.39

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in North Dakota than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $19.05 · 32nd of 51
ND $36.31FL $15.14

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.